The MILA will have its second weekend of the season, with many teams playing their first game. With four games on the schedule it should be an exciting and eye opening weekend in the league. We start with Chicago, who is coming off an exhibition victory over the US Development team. They start their season off against the Milwaukee Marauders. Milwaukee finished last season with the worst record in the…
Aug 7th, 2012 | Reading, PA – The Reading Rockets continued to make waves in the lacrosse world today, adding Dave Stilley to an already impressive coaching staff. Stilley will serve as Defensive Coordinator on Tom Slate’s staff. With the addition of the former Philadelphia Wings star, the Rockets now boast over three decades of indoor lacrosse experience. Stilley played 11 years in the NLL, winning three championships with the…
The Reading Rockets, a proud member of the Professional Lacrosse League, are pleased to announce the hiring of Tom Slate as the team’s first Head Coach. Slate, of Downingtown, is a veteran of both indoor and outdoor lacrosse, playing for the Philadelphia Wings and the Baltimore Bayhawks in a career that also saw him represent the US at the Heritage Cup, a World Indoor Lacrosse competition. The West Chester University…
US Indoor Lacrosse and the Chicago Outlaws put on an exhibition this weekend in Chicago pitting The USA developmental sqaud against The Chicago Outlaws Saturday night and versus the MILA All Stars Sunday afternoon. I have been fortunate enough to play on the developmental squad this summer and got to play in both games. The event was a top quality production put on by the Outlaws organization at the Sears…
Southern Ohio Box Lacrosse hosted the Detroit Coney Dogs on Saturday in the inaugural MILA match for each team. Both teams were excited to be competing in the second season of the Midwest Indoor Lacrosse Association after being unable to compete in the league in 2011. A deeper bench and numerous strong offensive contributors spelled the big difference for Southern Ohio as they controlled the game en route to a…
The Southern Ohio Box Lacrosse picked up a big win over Detroit this week, and I talked with coach/player/owner Sean Murphy about the team, and his vision for it. 1. Who are some key players on the roster this season? Our roster features a wide range of box lacrosse experience. Â Most players are converts from field lacrosse. Â These guys are excellent LACROSSE players, but are still learning the finer points…
Two down, one more to go. This past weekend saw the beginning of the final series of the Quebec Senior Lacrosse League opposing the Kahnawake Mohawks to the Vermont Voyageurs. After one weekend, the Voyageurs are up 2-0 in this best of five series. This post will not be my longest as I don’t want to elaborate on a series that is far from over. The Mohawks are not an…
Tonight at 7pm eastern time (6pm Chicago time) on The Lacrosse Radio Network, the Chicago Outlaws will take on the USA Developmental Team brought to you by StadiumJourney.com. The Midwest Lacrosse Association starts up next week, but the Outlaws have one final tune up before they begin regular season play. This time they take on the US Devo team. The Devo team split with the Vermont Voyageurs of the Quebec…
Ryan Hotaling is one of the biggest names on a PLL roster. Playing with the Boston Blazers of the National Lacrosse League, he has plenty of experience. He is going to be on the Charlotte Copperheads in the PLL this season, and he has played this summer with the Vermont Voyageurs of the QSLL. Yesterday I talked to him about both. 1. How tough is the transition for you after…
Today we start our new features, Coaches Corner, where we talk to coaches around the league about their teams and any other story lines associated with the team. We start off the series with one of the newer professional lacrosse head coaches, Randy Fraser. Fraser was announced as the first head coach of the New Jersey Rascals, one of the four members of the Professional Lacrosse League. Fraser comes with…